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March 18, 2009

Global Financial Crisis: Can Islamic Finance help?

Ibnu Khaldun Lecture Series By M. Umer Chapra. INTRODUCTION The whole world is now in the grip of a financial crisis which is far more serious […]
March 7, 2009

Authenticity in Islamic Finance

Quoted from Business Islamica by M. Umer Chapra. Available at: http://www.islamica-me.com/article.asp?cntnt=100 I can vividly recall the high degree of skepticism that existed about interest-free banking during […]
February 27, 2009

Sharia-compliant derivatives – a contradiction in terms?

Quoted from Financial Times. Available at: http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/11/52352/sharia-compliant-derivatives-a-contradiction-in-terms/ Reuters is running an interesting story on Islamic banks’ struggles to develop hedging tools to cope with market volatility. […]
February 23, 2009

The Social Contract: A Must Know Document for All Fellow Malaysian

Assalamualaikum, In view of the recent political issues in Malaysia, I always believe that it is extremely important for us to really understand the actual history […]
February 20, 2009

My Story: A Journey Begins

Assalamualaikum, Alhamdulillah, on 14th February 2009, I arrived Dubai for a very essential mission with two-pronged objectives i.e. to conduct my empirical study as well as […]
February 6, 2009

My Thought: Perak Constitutional Conundrum

Assalamualaikum, Dear Readers, It has been quite sometime that I have not pen down my thought on Malaysian politic. From my personal observation, money politics, corruption, […]
February 1, 2009

Promoting Shari’ah-compliant finance violates the United States Constitution: In the Case of Kevin J. Murray v Henry M. Paulson, Jr

Assalamualaikum, I am delighted to share this very recent case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Click Here The Plaintiff […]
February 1, 2009

Promoting Shari'ah-compliant finance violates the United States Constitution: In the Case of Kevin J. Murray v Henry M. Paulson, Jr

Assalamualaikum, I am delighted to share this very recent case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan Click Here The Plaintiff […]
January 31, 2009

Speculation and uncertainty are the Devil

What is it with politicians and CDS? Available at http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/29/51850/what-is-it-with-politicians-and-cds/ FT Alphaville does not believe credit default swaps are The Devil, but many politicians and a […]
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